Today I’m sharing a set of free short vowel worksheets to help your child spell simple words. (This post contains affiliate links.) I use very few worksheets with my preschooler – almost none, in fact. However, we’ve spent many months learning about short vowel words in a variety of hands-on ways. So I created a simple set of worksheets for some beginning spelling practice. Don’t get me wrong. I really don’t expect my…

Looking to help your beginning reader practice reading and spelling short i words? Check these out! Need a creative approach to spelling practice? Writing the words a few times each isn’t all that fun, and it’s often not effective. Try these milk cap spelling mats for a fun approach to beginning reading and spelling. Simply print the free spelling mats and pull out some milk cap letters. You can download…

(Note this deal is now expired.) Yay! I’m partnering with Educents to bring you a giant set of math activities for kindergarten and first grade. This pack of over 300 pages comes in 18 downloads. And guess what? It’s free! All you need to do is sign up for my newsletter. You’ll receive an e-mail about twice a week highlighting new ideas and free printables from my blog. After…

Looking for a fun science idea? We loved the classic egg drop experiment! I’ve decided to put together some classic science activities to do with kids. Have you seen our “which snack food is the greasiest” experiment? This was the natural first choice because it involved junk food we don’t typically have at our house – and of course the sampling of it. For our second experiment we made a mess….

Are you teaching young children to write the alphabet? Today I’m sharing seven simple steps for beginning handwriting practice. Looking for some creative ways to learn to write the alphabet? Here are the seven steps I follow when teaching my kids to write their letters. 1. Fill a large block letter with objects that begin with the letter’s sound. You can print one of my large block letters in uppercase…